LEGAL BASES

RA 8545 Amended GASTPE Law (RA 6728)

 Policy of the State to promote quality education and

make it accessible to all Filipino citizens
 Recognition of the complimentary roles of public and
private education institutions
 Recognition of the past and continuing invaluable
contribution of private schools to education
 The State to provide mechanisms to improve quality
of private education by maximizing the use of its
existing resources
R.A. 8545 (EXPANDED) GASTPE
Government
Assistance to
Students and
Teachers in
Private
ducation
1. Education Service Contracting (ESC) – regular and
Open High School Program (OHSP)
2. Teacher Salary Subsidy (TSS)
3. In-Service Training (INSET)
4. Research
EDUCATION SERVICE CONTRACTING

Given to elementary graduates

 Who opt to enroll in private high schools under a

formal school setting or Open High School
Program (OHSP)
 Shall start at Grade 7

 Covers four (4) years of junior high school

 Difference between the ESC grant and a private

school’s total school fees is shouldered by the
grantee
 ESC GRANT

ESC Grants
Level NCR Regions outside NCR

Grade 7 Php13,000 Php8,500

Grade 8 Php13,000 Php8,500

Grade 9 Php13,000 Php7,500

Grade 10 Php11,000 Php6,500

PRIVATE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION IN ESC
For Regular (Formal Schooling)
 Must have government recognition
 Must pass Certification
 Schools accredited at least as Level I by any member
of the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the
Philippines (FAAP) are exempt from Certification

Actual participation of new schools depends on:

 Availability of new slots
 Position based on a queuing system
 Priority based on seat shortages in the
city/municipality
 March-end cut-off list for newly-certified schools
PRIVATE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION IN ESC

For OHSP (Informal Schooling)

 No new schools shall be accepted in the OHSP

 Pending program evaluation by PEAC
ESC CERTIFICATION

Certification Program Goals

 Determine if a GASTPE participating or

applicant school complies with DepEd minimum
standards and criteria for participation in the
ESC
 Assess the extent of school compliance with
standards
 Evaluate school characteristics, qualitative traits
of excellence and level of performance
ESC GRADE 7 SLOT ALLOCATION TO
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

Fixed Slot Allocation

 Equal to actual no. of Grade 7 ESC grantees last SY
or at least 60 slots provided school is in good
standing:
 passed last certification/re-certification visit
 no adverse findings in last monitoring
 demonstrated capacity to utilize slots
 New or first time participating schools – 50 slots

Incentive Slot Allocation

 Level II and above accredited schools – plus 60
 Level I accredited schools – plus 30
 Certification rating of 3.00 and above – plus 30
ESC GRADE 7 SLOT ALLOCATION TO
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

OHSP Slot Allocation

 ESC schools participating in the OHSP shall receive

Grade 7 OHSP slots equal to the actual number of
Grade 7 OHSP grantees they had in the previous
school year
ESC GRADE 7 SLOT ALLOCATION

Total slot allocation is equal to the sum of the

ff:
 Fixed slot allocation, plus

 Incentive allocation, if any, plus

 Sanctions and penalties, if any

A school’s total slot allocation is indicated in

its ESC IMS account
 ESC Information Management System (ESC
IMS) in the PEAC website: www.fape.org.ph
ESC GRANTEE SELECTION

Preference A School SC assesses and

shall also be Committee selects
Schools Preference
given to (SC) screen applicants’ need
campaign for shall be given
students who and prepare and capability
applicants to to public
need financial each to sustain
fill up their slot elementary
assistance (RA applicant’s secondary
allocations graduates
10533 E- profile as basis education in the
GASTPE) for selection school

 SC is chaired by the principal with a representative

each from PTA and faculty association as members:
 Keep applicants’ profiles for inspection by DepEd and
PEAC
 Selects applicants for limited ESC slots
ORIENTATION OF GRANTEES/PARENTS

Principal must conduct an orientation for grantees

and parents/guardians on ESC guidelines:

 Emphasize ESC is a program of government under

GASTPE
 Objectives of ESC
 How grantees were selected and out of how many
applicants
 Requirements for grantees to continue enjoying their
subsidies
 How much grant per student and top-up to be paid, if
any
ORIENTATION OF GRANTEES/PARENTS

 School must keep an attendance sheet as proof of the

conduct of the orientation together with individual
contracts signed (sample in PEAC website) for
inspection by DepEd and PEAC

 School must encode names and information of selected

grantees in the ESC IMS
ESC GRANTEE SELECTION

 School must indicate in student IDs the icon

provided in PEAC website to signify student is an
ESC grantee
CONDITIONS FOR ESC GRANTEES TO MAINTAIN
THEIR GRANT

For Regular (Formal Schooling)

 ESC is Government financial assistance to grantees, no

maintaining grade is required
 Grantee promotion to next year level assures him/her
of continued support through ESC grant
The grant is terminated for any one of the
following situations:

 Grantee drops out for non-health reasons in the middle

of the school year
 Grantee does not apply for official leave and does not
re-enroll the following year
 Grantee is retained in the same year level or is not
promoted to the next higher year level
 Grantee is suspended for more than 2 weeks, or is
dismissed or expelled by the school for disciplinary
violation
 Grantee transfers to a non-ESC participating school
 ESC SUBSIDY IS PORTABLE SUBJECT TO
CONDITIONS
Guidelines on grantee transfers (Regular/Formal
Schooling)
 Outside the NCR into the NCR is not allowed

 Outside NCR to another school outside NCR is

permitted
 NCR to outside NCR is permitted but subsidy is
reduced
 If transfer is before July 15, subsidy is paid to the
school the grantee transferred to
 If transfer is after July 15, subsidy is paid to school of
origin and grantee has to pay tuition and other fees in
school he/she transferred to for that year
CONDITIONS FOR ESC GRANTEES TO MAINTAIN
THEIR SUBSIDIES

A Grantee’s Transfer is valid when (Regular/Formal

Schooling):
 School of origin gives written certification that the
grantee is a student of the school indicating his/her
student ID number and submits this to the
new/receiving school
 School of origin indicates in its online account that the
status of student is a “Transfer-Out”
 Receiving school indicates in its online account that the
grantee is a “Transfer-In”
 Grantee is included in the accepting school’s Billing
Statement
 CONDITIONS FOR ESC GRANTEES TO
MAINTAIN THEIR GRANTS

For OHSP (Informal Schooling)

 Complete and pass a given year level within one

calendar year from enrolment
 Enroll in the next year level within 2 months from
completing and passing the previous year level
 No maintaining grade is required for retention in the
program
SITUATIONS WHERE ESC OHSP GRANTEES
LOSE THEIR SUBSIDY

For OHSP (Informal Schooling)

 Failure to complete a year level within one calendar

year from enrolment -automatically dropped from the
program
 Failure to enroll in the next year level within two
months of completing and passing the previous year
level - automatically dropped from the program
 COVERAGE AND AMOUNT OF TEACHER
SALARY SUBSIDY

Available to teachers of ESC participating

schools that meet the following:

 Are LET teacher passers issued licenses by the

Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
 Must be teachers of ESC grantees

 At least 180 teaching minutes per week

 Note: non-teaching staff are not entitled to the salary

subsidy.
 COVERAGE AND AMOUNT OF TEACHER
SALARY SUBSIDY

TSS is P18,000 per teacher per year

 P1,500.00 per month of service

 Teachers who resigned or retired at time of payment

of TSS due to health reasons are entitled based on
actual services rendered and in accordance with
school regulations
COVERAGE AND AMOUNT OF TEACHER
SALARY SUBSIDY

 Unexpended subsidies must be returned to DepEd

Central Office and are not transferrable to teachers
not listed among those billed by the school for the
school year

 The government may verify the PRC licenses of

teachers claiming TSS. Any false claim shall result in
suspension of the TSS of a school
 QUALITY ASSURANCE OF
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

 Re-certification of ESC participating schools is done

every three (3) years to ensure schools meet DepEd
minimum standards for secondary schools
 Ratings given are as follows:

3.00 and above Above Standard

2.00 to 2.99 Standard

1.99 and below Below Standard

 QUALITY ASSURANCE OF
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

A school must make itself available for

recertification after 3 yrs. from its last
certification

It must submit all requirements for re-

certification w/in 2 mos. of receipt of notice for re-
certification

 Even if the actual visit may not follow immediately

 Failure to comply will prevent the school from
accepting Grade 7 grantees the following school year
 QUALITY ASSURANCE OF
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

Schools that fail re-certification with a rating of

less than 2.00 shall:

 Not be allotted additional slots

 Have one school year to improve their curriculum,
governance, school operations to pass a recertification
visit
 If they still fail, not be allowed to recruit Grade 7
grantees and only be allowed to graduate the
continuing grantees
GROUNDS FOR PENALTIES, SUSPENSION
& TERMINATION

 Falsification of data or information in any of the

program forms and related attachments

Penalty: a minimum suspension of one (1) year whereby

the school shall not be allowed to recruit freshman
grantees
GROUNDS FOR PENALTIES, SUSPENSION &
TERMINATION
 A retention rate on the total number of ESC
grantees below 80% except for reasons due to
force majeure (e.g. calamities, armed conflict)

Penalty: Actual retention rate to be applied on

total “would be” Grade 7 slot allocation. Example: if
retention is 75% and total slot allocation is 100 –
school gets only 75 slots of the 100
GROUNDS FOR PENALTIES, SUSPENSION
& TERMINATION

 •Refusal to release transfer credentials to grantees

that opt to transfer to other schools.

Penalty: a documented release of the transfer

credentials and reduction in total grade 7 slot allocation
by the number of grantees affected
 GROUNDS FOR PENALTIES, SUSPENSION
& TERMINATION

 •Requiring transferring grantees to pay for unattended

school years

Penalty: a reduction in the total grade 7 slot allocation

by the number of affected grantees
GROUNDS FOR PENALTIES, SUSPENSION &
TERMINATION

 Schools unduly withholding TSS payments to qualified

licensed teachers.

Penalty: a 10% reduction in the school’s fixed slot

allocation and no additional slot allocation
 GROUNDS FOR PENALTIES, SUSPENSION &
TERMINATION

Schools with unresolved ownership disputes filed

in court
 Once established through receipt of court documents
supporting such or when the adverse party makes a
claim over the grants received by the school, the
school’s participation in the programs shall be
suspended beginning with grade 7 recruitment the next
school year
 Payment for continuing grantees of the school shall be
made only upon the written Endorsement by the
DepEd Regional Office after consulting its Legal
Department
 GROUNDS FOR PENALTIES,
SUSPENSION & TERMINATION

 Participating schools whose SEC Registration has

lapsed must renew this before the start of the school
year. Failure to do so may result in the revocation of
Government Recognition thus preventing the school
from accepting freshman ESC grantees.